Marie Bryce

Dr. Marie Bryce is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth, affiliated with Peninsula Medical School and Peninsula Dental School. She leads the professional regulation research theme within the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research (CAMERa). Her work spans health policy, healthcare professional regulation, clinical education, and qualitative social science, focusing on issues like healthcare workforce wellbeing, professional migration, and AI’s impact on regulation.

Her research interests include regulatory fitness-to-practise procedures, healthcare workforce challenges, and the utility of regulatory datasets. She designs mixed-methods and systematic review studies to address these areas. She currently supervises PhD students in topics such as Nepalese emergency care barriers, medical professionalism lapses, and dental student admissions.

Teaching responsibilities include leading the CLE721DL Research Methods module and facilitating BMBS SSU groups. Her recent publications (2020–2025) address anaesthesia training stressors, international medical migration drivers, and dental workforce crises. She collaborates on impactful projects like the UMbRELLA study evaluating medical revalidation’s regulatory impacts.

Her work contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by addressing healthcare quality, safety, and workforce sustainability. She actively engages in policy-relevant research to shape regulatory practices and improve healthcare professional experiences.